pleased

English

Etymology

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please ‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pliːzd/

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• Rhymes: -iːzd

Adjective

pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)

1. Happy, content

Synonyms

• content
• happy
• satisfied

Derived terms

• best pleased
• is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
• pleased as punch
• pleased as Punch
• pleased to meet you
• pleased with oneself
• well-pleased

 

Translations

happy, content

• Arabic: مَسْرُور (ar) (masrūr)
• Armenian: գոհ (hy) (goh)
• Catalan: content (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高興／高兴 (gou¹ hing³)

  Mandarin: 高興／高兴 (zh) (gāoxìng)

• Esperanto: kontenta, plaĉita
• Finnish: hyvillään (fi), mielissään, tyytyväinen (fi), iloinen (fi)
• French: content (fr), satisfait (fr)
• German: froh (de), zufrieden (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἥδομαι (hḗdomai) (be pleased)

• Hindi: ख़ुश (xuś)
• Irish: áthasach, as a predicative, usually expressed by a construction with the noun áthas m, sásta
• Italian: felice (it), lieto (it), contento (it), compiaciuto (it)
• Japanese: 嬉しい (ja) (うれしい, ureshii)
• Kapampangan: masuelu, maswelu
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چاو ڕوون (çaw rûn), خۆشحاڵ (xoşḧall)

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: waingōhia, manawareka, matakuikui, pārekareka, uruhau, harakoakoa, harikoa
• Persian: خوشحال (fa) (xošhâl)
• Portuguese: contente (pt), satisfeito (pt)
• Russian: дово́льный (ru) m (dovólʹnyj), ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj)
• Spanish: contento (es), satisfecho (es)
• Swedish: nöjd (sv) c
• Thai: พอใจ (th) (pɔɔ-jai)
• Urdu: خوش (xuś)
• Vietnamese: hân hạnh (vi)
• Yiddish: צופֿרידן (tsufridn)

Verb

pleased

1. simple past and past participle of please

Anagrams

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